As a member of the AMA you are responsible for participating in either a year round or summer program tied to a health career or the health industry below is a list of possible opportunities and corresponding links. If you find one you would like to share please foward to me ASAP so that it can be added. Remember that you can also talk to your doctor, dentist, vet, pharmacist etc... about job shadowing as well.
2013 Summer Pre-Medicine / Health Fellowship Application:
Please open the document below and save it using your first and last name. At the bottom of the page insert a page break and write a 1 page personal statement / essay stating why they want to participate. The students should include their name, phone #, email address and grade level on the upper corner of the essay. Email the document to me at mbw4291@lausd.net



National Institute of Health - https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip

Please note that all of you should have a current TB test and that you should be fingerprinted. Here is a link to a Live Scan location in Carson http://www.carsonlivescanfingerprinting.com/ and then a link to the options and cost http://www.certifixlivescan.com/pricing-and-checkout.html. All that is usually required is the live scan so $25. This will help you not only for internships but also for future jobs and will be a nice addition to your portfolio.


Torrance Memorial Hospital Volunteer Applications - Due December 30 (or first 60 applications received) - http://www.torrancememorial.org/Ways_to_Give/Volunteer_Services.aspx Scroll down to High School Volunteer and download procedures, the pre-application and the evaluation form. Do NOT hestitate on this!

Richstone Family Center - Hawthorne
Allison Tanaka
Volunteer Coordinator
(310) 970-1921 x137
email: atanaka@richstonefamily.org

The Village TAY Academy - http://www.village-isa.org/Training/tay_academy_immersion.htm

Ability First - Long Beach (working with Autistic / Special Needs children) http://www.abilityfirst.org/programs/volunteer.asp

Willenberg Special Ed School San Pedro - Volunteer Coordinator: Judy (310) 548-1371 ext. 208

VITAS Hospice Care - Junior Volunteer (scroll to bottom of page) - http://www.k12academics.com/national-directories/volunteer-program/vitas-hospice

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network El Segundo - http://www.pancan.org/section_get_involved/volunteer/


Carson Resource Center - http://www.carsonresourcecenter.com

Kaiser - L.A.U.N.C.H. - http://xnet.kp.org/hr/ca/youth/syep/index.htm

Inroads - Internship opportunities for minorities - http://www.inroads.org/affiliate.jsp?affiliateID=862567D9007510D3862561B9006C7B3C (also see Ms. Levy in the Career Center - MAY ONLY BE FOR SENIORS!!)

Torrance Memorial - http://www.torrancememorial.org/Public_Login/Volunteer_Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fFor_Volunteers.aspx

Little Company of Mary Torrance & San Pedro - http://www.lcmhs.org/about/volunteer.html (read all three pages, volunteer document & contact information on page 3)

Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach - http://www.millerchildrenshospitallb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=136

Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach - Child Life Internships - http://www.millerchildrenshospitallb.org/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=contact&id=10&Itemid=214

LA Children's Hospital Minority Internships -

UCSF - http://bhsi.ucsf.edu/downloads/program_application_final_2010.pdf Deadline February 5th!!!

UCLA - http://www.summer.ucla.edu/Institutes/GeneralInfo/highschool.htm This lists all their programs but the key one of interest is the Stem Cell program

Pepperdine - http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/summerschool/highschool/academics.htm

Cal Poly SLO - http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/si/courses.html

Summer Opportunities for Minority Undergratuate Students - http://prindia1.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/2009mrg.doc (same document used for 2010)

Summer Medical and Dental Programs & More - http://www.smdep.org/

Santa Clara University - http://www.scu.edu/cas/summer/ysp/#what - key class to take Human Disease/ Human Health

Cal State LA - http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/sem_ed/precol-list.htm cool program "rehabilitation engineering"

Stanford - http://ccis.stanford.edu/programs.html

Stanford - http://simr.stanford.edu/

Institute for Educational Advancement - http://www.educationaladvancement.org/pages/programspages/grcpages/resources/search/programs.php

City of Hope - http://www.cityofhope.org/education/summer-student-academy/Pages/default.aspx

UC Davis - http://www.cosmos.ucdavis.edu/

UC SB - http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/RMP/rmp.html (this is the research mentoring link but they also offer a CSI experience - click on "Academics and Enrichment"

Human Biomolecular Research Institute - San Diego - http://www.hbri.org/ScienceEducation.htm

USC - http://cesp.usc.edu/

USC - Edmondson Summer Fellowship Program http://keck.usc.edu/Education/Academic_Department_and_Divisions/Department_of_Pathology/Education_and_Training/Undergraduate_Edmondson_Summer_Fellowship_Program.aspx

Health Careers Connections - http://healthcareers.org/main/students.htm